Desk-basket.



U. K. HALL.

DESK BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.7,1908.

latented May 18, 1909 2 7, 2 3 W 5 ki li h #5 v 5. I "Is I I i I I a? I A 1. I .EE

m 40 Q- VFW/M4 DESK-BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed February 7. 1908. Serial No. 414,767.

To all ye/zom it may concrrn:

Be it known that l, Unnirr K. I l.\ .1., a citi zen ot the United States, residing in the city of Portland, countyot' Multnomah, and State of )regon, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Desk-Bask ts. of which I the fol owing is a specification.

My invention relates to desk baskets and particularly to that class of desk baskets in order to save deskspace.

l am aware that nest." baskets with the several baskets rigidly and permanentl letters are frequently crumpled and torn by engagement with the supporting. legs or members connecting the dii'ferent baskets.

The principal object of my invention is to )rovide. a basket of the character referred to 111 which the dilferent baskets, mounted one above the other, can be readily moved relatively to each other to make more easy the removal of papers from a lower basket.

My invention will be readiiy understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure l is a ierspectivc view of a three. story basket in the rest posit ion; l ig. '2 is a similar view of the same. basket but showing how the up )er baskets can be raised to permit removalof papers from the under basket; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention; in which the. baskets are moved or turned laterally instead of vortically; Fig. 4 is a. plan view on line A ---B of Fig. 3.

vReferring to the drawings, 1, 2 and 3 designate three baskets supported one above. the other by means of the supporting legs or members 4-4 and 5. ment of the invention the supporting legs or members 4- -4, are provided with a hinge. joint (5 whereby the upper baskets 1 and 2 can be raised, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit the removal of papers from basket 3. Basket.

1, it will be understood can beraised from basket 2 to permit the removal of papers from the latter. The supporting legs 5 are provided with feet or rest hooks 7 which rest upon the basket next. bcneat-ln The.

In this en1bodi supporting legs 4 4 are n'eterably set in some little distance from the outer edges of the baskets so as to provide guards to prevent the letters or papers from slipping out rcarwardly.

in Figs. Q) and t, a modified form of the in \ention is shown in which the baskets are hinged one above the other upon a standard l H, in such manner that each basket can be called "nestbaskets, comu'ising two or; morev baskets for receiving otters, papers, and the like, mounted one abovethe other l turned upon a vertical axis independently of the others and thus permit the removal of letters and papers from the under basket without,interference from the. next basket above.

In practical use, letters and papers are put into these baskets one at atime and lie in the basket in all sorts of positions. They are usually removed all together. It will be understood, therefore, that it is a very great convenience and saving of time to be able to move the basket or baskets next above the one from which the papers are to be taken so as to have free access to the basket from which you wish to take the papers. This is readily and quickly accomplished by my invention. in one also the separate baskets are lifted in a vertical plane, turning upon a horizontal axis; and in the other embodiment of the invention the baskets turn upon a vertical axis aud are moved independently in a horizontal plane.

i am aware that modifications other than what I have shown can readily be made Without, departing from the spirit of my invention, and i do not therefore, limit my invem tion to the particular constructions shown in the drawings.

What i claim as my invention is l. A. desk basket comprising a plurality of baskets or trays supported one above the other at a distance apart by means of sup ort-ing legs or extensions therebetaveen, each liasket being supported by a hinge connection at one side thereof and free to be moved at. the oppositeside thereof, whereby it can be moved upon its hinge joint relatively to the othenle'isk'ets, substantially as described.

2. desk basketcomprising a plurality of baskets or trays mounted one above the other at a distance apart by means of supporting legs or extensions, each basket being hinged at one side to a )nlliUH of said legs or extensions and movably supported by the others, hereby it can be moved upon its hinge connection relatively to the other haskets, substantially as described.

3. A desk basket comprising a plurality of Wardly' and rest freely upon the basket next baskets or trays, supporting legs or extenl beneath, whereby said upper baskets can be 1-1,

sions between said baskets supporting them moved upon the hinge oint, substantially as at a distance one above the other, the baskets l described.

5 bein hinged at one side to sup orting legs UBERT K. HALL.

' which extend upwardly from the asket next Witnesses: beneath, and at their op )osite under sides W. R. LrrzENBERG.

carrying supporting legs w ich project (lowni LUTHER MAHoNE. 

